Today the prestigious European Urban Music Awards announced the nominees for this year’s highly anticipated 11th annual awards ceremony taking place on Friday, the 22nd of November 2013 in London.

Each year, thousands of avid music fans decide the nominees for each of the 21 categories in the event, and it is these fans who will decide the winners for the 11th annual European Urban Music Awards ceremony.

British born singer- songwriter Laura Mvula leads the way with a ground breaking three nominations for Best Newcomer, Best Female Act and Artist of The Year whilst past UMA winner, Tinie Tempah bags Best HipHop Act, Best single, Best Music Video, Best Collaboration, for his 2013 comeback single ‘Trampoline’ featuring US artist, 2Chainz.

UMA 2012 breakthrough artist, Fuse ODG who picked up and performed at the UMA’s last year, is back picking up Best Single, Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist, Best Collaboration, Best African/AfroBeats Act, and Best Music Video for Antenna featuring Wyclef.

Rising Producer Naughty Boy who has achieved major chart success this year thanks to a string of hit singles and his debut album ‘Hotel Cabana’ also picks up Best Producer, Best Collaboration, Best Album , and Best Music Video for ‘La, La, La’ featuring Sam Smith.

Urban Music Awards, Founder, Jordan Kensington commented “It has been a brilliant year for urban music in Europe. We have an eclectic list of nominees who are consistently breaking new boundaries and quickly becoming household names not just in the UK but also within Europe, America and Asia”

The Urban Music Awards has also signed a three year deal with British tablet and smart phone manufacturer, Zuricom. The successful Z-Phone by Zuricom will be marketed via the 11th annual Urban Music Awards.

Lee Cheung, Head of Marketing for Zuricom added “The Urban Music Awards is the perfect brand partner for Zuricom and we are excited to launch our brand new Z-Phone 2 at the awards show in November and build from the successful sponsorship we undertook in 2012″

The televised show will be broadcast on Sky 191.

Full list of the 11th annual Urban Music Awards nominations are as follows: